How to get it
- Spin PokéStops and Gym Photo Discs.
- Your buddy can bring Gifts from nearby locations when eligible.
How to use it
- Open a friend’s profile, choose Send Gift, and select a Gift. You cannot open your own outgoing Gifts.
- Open incoming Gifts through your Friends list, subject to the current daily opening limit.
Worth knowing
Pin a Postcard you want to keep before sending or opening its Gift.
Gifts use their own holding limit rather than ordinary bag slots. A Gift can only supply an Egg when the recipient has an eligible empty Egg slot.
Use daily interactions deliberately
Only one person needs to open a Gift for that pair’s normal daily friendship progress. Opening another Gift after you have already interacted that day can still supply items, but does not normally add another day of friendship progress.
The blue halo on a friend indicates that a qualifying interaction has already happened that day. If your goal is to advance several friendships within your opening allowance, prioritize friends without that indication. Use the friend-search term interactable to find them.
Plan important friendship milestones with Lucky Eggs in mind, but do not confuse the act of sending a Gift with receiving the milestone XP. Progress depends on a qualifying interaction such as the recipient opening it.
Sources & further reading
- Pokémon GO: A Quantitative Approach by nick blackVersion 1.0.6 (October 4, 2026), §2.3, p. 7; §4.1, p. 23; chapter 4, p. 22, Table 4.2
Event rewards, shop offers, and limits can change. Check the current in-game description for event-specific rules. Worked examples are illustrative calculations.